Open AccessLocked plate fixation of the comminuted distal fibula: a biomechanical study
Author(s) -
Neil J. White,
David T. Corr,
James Wagg,
Caeley Lorincz,
Richard Buckley
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1488-2310
pISSN - 0008-428X
DOI - 10.1503/cjs.012311
Subject(s) - medicine , ankle , orthodontics , stiffness , fixation (population genetics) , fibula , cadaver , plating (geology) , biomechanics , bridge (graph theory) , surgery , structural engineering , tibia , anatomy , population , environmental health , geophysics , engineering , geology
The purpose of this study was to compare the biomechanical properties of locked versus nonlocked lateral fibular bridge plating of comminuted, unstable ankle fractures in a mode of catastrophic failure.
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